The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank 183 172 173
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 6 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.146% 0.110% 0.077%
As % of the System Software category 2.069% 1.096% 0.993%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 3
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +66.66%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All System Software
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
290 365 302
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 7.078% 10.02% 7.746%
Number of salaries quoted 235 343 269
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £59,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
Microsoft Virtual Server
North West

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Manchester Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the Manchester region.

Manchester Microsoft Virtual Server Salary Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Microsoft Virtual Server also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft Virtual Server.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) VPN
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 6 (75.00%) SSL
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (75.00%) VoIP
2 6 (75.00%) DHCP
2 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
3 4 (50.00%) vSphere
3 4 (50.00%) NAS
3 4 (50.00%) Veeam
3 4 (50.00%) SSH
3 4 (50.00%) WatchGuard
3 4 (50.00%) Network Security
3 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (50.00%) IPsec
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (50.00%) Juniper
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Replication
3 4 (50.00%) VMware

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Microsoft Virtual Server also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft Virtual Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (50.00%) Lync
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (25.00%) Office 365
2 2 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) VPN
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 6 (75.00%) SSL
2 6 (75.00%) VoIP
2 6 (75.00%) DHCP
2 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) NAS
3 4 (50.00%) SSH
3 4 (50.00%) Network Security
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (50.00%) IPsec
3 4 (50.00%) WAN
3 4 (50.00%) LAN
3 4 (50.00%) Internet
4 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (25.00%) MPLS
4 2 (25.00%) LDAP
4 2 (25.00%) PBX
4 2 (25.00%) SMTP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Replication
1 4 (50.00%) SWIFT
2 2 (25.00%) iPhone
2 2 (25.00%) Open Source
2 2 (25.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
3 4 (50.00%) AIX
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 8
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Phone
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) Android
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (50.00%) CCNP
1 4 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) MCSE
2 2 (25.00%) MCP
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) vSphere
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) WSUS
1 4 (50.00%) Tivoli
1 4 (50.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Veeam
2 4 (50.00%) WatchGuard
2 4 (50.00%) Juniper
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) IBM
2 4 (50.00%) NetApp
2 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint